UK - Indie combo Aqualung recently supported UK festival favourites, Feeder, for a series of dates on their UK arena tour kicking off at Glasgow NEC and including Wembley Arena. It was also one of the first ever outings for the brand new Verona console from Midas, officially launched at the NAMM show in January 2004. FOH engineer Tony Perretta and monitor man Roberto Pieroni (also house engineer at Fabric) took the opportunity to put the new Verona through its paces.

Perreta said: "I thought Verona was a great desk for many reasons, not the least of which, it's a Midas! It looks and feels like a Midas and, more importantly, it sounds like a Midas. It was a very easy transition from the larger desks, and I was pleased that while Verona is clearly designed to be a far more cost-effective option that its larger brothers and sisters, it retains all the traditional Midas qualities. The mic-preamps sounded great, the control surface was sensibly laid out and easy to navigate, plus there were some really nice touches like the fact that all four bands of EQ had frequency control."

Pieroni agreed: "I'm delighted that Midas have finally brought out a console for this market. I'm a great fan of the Venice, which I think is a fabulous little desk, but unfortunately just a bit too small for many venues. Verona is exactly what we need and I hope to see it replacing the current crop of desks in small to medium sized venues. I spec'd a Venice for Aqualung in NY recently, but I would have jumped on the Verona if it had been out at the time. It's very simple to use, and I liked the fact that you can use the stereo channels as mono channels if you like. It adds a bit of extra flexibility to an already very competent console."(Sarah Rushton-Read)


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